Ubuntu.com down?

Discussion in 'Linux, BSD and Other OS's' started by Impotence, Jul 23, 2006.

  1. Impotence

    Impotence May the source be with u!

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    Just wondering if anybody know whats going on.... a friend called me saying they couldnt access ubuntu.com (and hence most of the apt-get list has gone...)

    I'm kinda confused as to how the site of such a big distro can go down :/
     
    Impotence, Jul 23, 2006
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  2. Anti-Trend

    Anti-Trend Nonconformist Geek

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    It's up over here, maybe it's a DNS problem in your area. Try pinging 82.211.81.166 ...if you can, it's a DNS problem.
     
    Anti-Trend, Jul 23, 2006
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  3. Sniper

    Sniper Administrator Staff Member

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    I had the same problem but its working now, must have been a DNS problem.
     
    Sniper, Jul 23, 2006
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  4. megamaced

    megamaced Geek Geek Geek!

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    This is all I could find about the story:

    From DistroWatch:

    The popular UbuntuForums along with other Ubuntu servers suffered approximately 24 hours downtime over this past weekend. No official explanations have been offered as of this writing, but unconfirmed reports of power outages or hosting company technical issues seem likely. The usual conspiracy theories circulated, but were swiftly discredited. On a humourous note, so distraught were some users that a new poll has emerged to ascertain how loyal users occupied their time during the "blackout."

    I didn't even know it had all gone down. I was away for the weekend :)
     
    megamaced, Jul 24, 2006
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